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Canon Unveils DSLR-Style XC10 4K Video Camera with 12MP Still Photo Shooting
Dan Havlik  |  Apr 08, 2015

Canon just unveiled the XC10, an intriguing new lightweight, hybrid video camera that can shoot 4K video and capture 12-megapixel still photos. This new Canon 4K camcorder will also let you pull out 8MP still images from the 4K video on the fly, letting you capture both motion footage and photos in one shoot.

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Canon’s Flagship 1D X Pro DSLR Sees Big Price Drop (But Still Pricey)
Dan Havlik  |  Apr 06, 2015

If you’re in the market for a Canon EOS-1D X DSLR, now might be a good time to buy. This flagship professional camera from Canon just saw a $700 price drop at several online retailers, including Amazon.

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Nikon Unveils 20.8MP Nikon 1 J5 Mirrorless Camera with Speedy 20FPS Burst Shooting & 4K Video
Dan Havlik  |  Apr 01, 2015

Nikon just announced the  20.8-megapixel Nikon 1 J5, the newest mirrorless model in Nikon’s portable Nikon 1 compact system camera line. The biggest headline feature about the Nikon 1 J5 is its extremely fast 20 frames per second (fps) continuous burst shooting with full autofocus AF.

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Staged Images Aren’t Photojournalism (But They Can Be Great Photography)
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 31, 2015

If you followed the controversy over the World Press Photo (WPP) awards in March and care anything about the state of photojournalism these days, you might be a little sick to your stomach by now. In the latest debacle involving the WPP contest – and there have been a few in recent years – the organization revoked the first-place prize it had given to Italian photographer Giovanni Trolio for a photo story he had submitted called “The Dark Heart of Europe.”

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Hilarious Real Estate Photos Featuring Adorable Grandma Go Viral
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 30, 2015

Want to spice up your real estate photos? Put a cute grandma in them! That’s the lesson from these adorable photos featuring an 86-year-old grandmother from Florida that went viral today.

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Phase One Industrial Launches World’s Smallest and Lightest Medium Format Camera for Aerial Photography
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 30, 2015

Phase One Industrial has announced the Phase One iXU 180, which the company says is the world’s smallest and lightest 80-megapxiel medium format aerial camera. The Phase One iXU 180 weighs less than 34 ounces and can fit in the palm of your hand.

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Lowepro Launches Fastpack II Line of Photography and Laptop Backpacks
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 17, 2015

Lowepro has launched the “next generation” of its travel-focused camera/laptop backpacks: the Fastpack II series. The Fastpack II backpacks are designed to provide room for your camera gear and your laptop computer while giving you fast access to everything in a safe and secure pack that’s easy to travel with.

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Editor's Notes
Commercial Photography Doesn’t Have to Look Commercial
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 13, 2015
Even if you’re not into cars, you’ve got to be impressed with Tim Wallace’s dramatic cover photo this month. It’s always a fun if difficult task trying to pick a cover image for Shutterbug because there are so many good photos to choose from. In Wallace’s case, we created several different cover mock-ups using his distinctive car photos and while they all looked great, the image we picked with the mountains in the background and the hard-charging Shelby Mustang GT tearing it up below, just spoke to what this issue is all about.
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Photographer Makes (Short) Epic Video Showing Off His Lush New $23K Canon Lens
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 06, 2015

Unboxing videos are the closest thing the photo industry has to straight-up product pornography. Or, as the great journalist, author and social observer Tom Wolfe once termed this fetishization of luxurious objects: “plutography.”

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World Press Photo Cancels Award for Photographer Accused of Staging Images
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 04, 2015

World Press Photo (WPP) has yanked a prestigious award from a controversial photographer accused of staging his images. The WPP, in an announcement posted on its website, said after receiving new information about Giovanni Troilo’s first-prize Contemporary Issues story, the organization decided that “the story was not in compliance with the entry rules and therefore the award must be revoked.”

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